News file/Hal YeagerWorkers are turning the old Bruno's Supermarket space at The Summit Birmingham into a Toys R Us/Babies R Us combo store. It is scheduled to open in October.

Toys "R" Us will have opened 21 new stores by the end of 2011, including one apiece in Birmingham and in Huntsville.

The children's retailer is opening two "R" Super­stores in Alabama in Octo­ber. The Birmingham store, at The Summit shopping center, will be the first in the state, while the Huntsville store will be the second.

"R" Superstores, which cover about 60,000 square feet, feature full-size Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us stores under one roof. The company's new stores also include a side-by-side for­mat, bringing Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us next to each other.

Wayne, N.J.-based Toys "R" Us started its integrated store strategy in 2006 and has since converted more than 100 traditional stores in the U.S. to the side-by-side format. By the end of the year, there will be 43 "R" Superstores nationwide.